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Homer's (the blind man's) poetry XIX as seen by the waiter "Iliad I - Iliad II - Iliad III - Iliad IV - Iliad V - Iliad VI - Iliad VII - Iliad IIX - Iliad IX - Iliad X - Iliad XI - Iliad XII - Iliad XIII - Iliad IV - Iliad XV - Iliad XVI - Iliad XVII - Iliad XIIX - Iliad XIX - Iliad XX - Iliad XXI - Iliad XXII - Iliad XXIII - Iliad XXIV" "Iliad XIX"
XIX book nineteen
Yet Achilles is still not sure about the king and wants him to stand up before the entire army, swearing a binding oath: he never mounted her in bed, never once made love with her, never once did the natural thing, never once like man and woman ... and he wants her back undamaged. Achilles out of kindness thinks a lavish feast in the King's tents would be appropriate... and getting his just desert at last. Yet the King of the Argonauts is happy to answer Achilles, by sending the best of the young men to get treasures from the King's ships, to bring them what their heart desires. Generously he asks Odysseus to asks Odysseus to supervise the transaction in front of the united forces waiting to attack the Trojans. Agamemnon relieved to know that this was all Achilles wanted in a hurry sends for a magician to restore this woman's virginity. The King however is not surprised to hear Achilles solving any problem by saying: "Agamemnon lord of men, let's do this later, when we rest from fighting after we have avenged our shame, after we have paid back what we owe them who have hauled our men. I have no taste for food right now, yet I crave to slaughter their men... ... I need the music of the battlefield, ...to hear those choking groans of Trojans.
"Iliad I - Iliad II - Iliad III - Iliad IV - Iliad V - Iliad VI - Iliad VII - Iliad IIX - Iliad IX - Iliad X - Iliad XI - Iliad XII - Iliad XIII - Iliad IV - Iliad XV - Iliad XVI - Iliad XVII - Iliad XIIX - Iliad XIX - Iliad XX - Iliad XXI - Iliad XXII - Iliad XXIII - Iliad XXIV" 07/06/08 h
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